Syrian captives in Guantanamo

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The United States Department of Defense acknowledges holding Syrian captives in Guantanamo.^[1] A total of 778 captives have been held in extrajudicial detention in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba since the camps opened on January 11, 2002 The camp population peaked in 2004 at approximately 660. Only nineteen new captives, all "high value detainees" have been transferred there since the United States Supreme Court's ruling in Rasul v. Bush. As of January 2008 the camp population stand at approximately 285.

[edit] Syrian captives acknowledged by the DoD

isn	name	page numbers	notes
307	Abd Al Nasir Mohammed Abd Al Qadir Khantumani
312	Muhammad Abd Al Nasir Muhammad Khantumani
317	Moammar Badawi Dokhan
327	Ali Husein Muhammad Shaaban
329	Abd Al Hadio Omar Mahmoud Faraj
330	Maasoum Abdah Mouhammad
489	Abd Al Rahim Abdul Rassak Janko	CSRT allegations 14-15 CSRT transcript 1-15 ARB 1 allegations 49-50 ARB 1 transcript 92-107 ARB 2 allegations 73-75	Allegedly volunteered to be a suicide bomber.[2] Asserted that he had spent several years in a Taliban prison, prior to its overthrow.[3] Asserted that the Taliban imprisoned him of being an American spy.[3] Asserted that he passed almost directly from Taliban custody to American custody.[3]
537	Mahmud Salem Horan Mohammed Mutlak Al Ali	CSRT allegations 62 habeas documents 1-15 ARB 1 allegations 98-101 ARB 2 allegations 25-26	Allegedly traveled to Afghanistan following al Qaida's attacks on September 11, 2001.[4] Allegedly trained at an Afghan military camp.[4] Allegedly traveled to Afghanistan aware of al Qaida's role in the 1998 United States embassy bombings, the USS Cole bombing, and the attacks of September 11, 2001.[5] Allegedly has an outstading traffic citation.[5] Claimed he only wanted to fight the Northern Alliance, not the USA.[6]
726	Menhal Al Henali		Medical doctor Fethi Boucetta requested his testimony, because he had worked under Menhal Al Henali at a hospital in an United Nations' refugee camp in Pakistan. But he had already been released. Fethi Boucetta was one of the 38 captives determined not to have been enemy combatants after all.

[edit] References

1. ^ OARDEC (May 15, 2006). List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
2. ^ OARDEC (27 October 2004). Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Janko, Adb Al Rahim Abdul Rassak pages 14-15. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2008-05-05.
3. ^ ^{a b c} OARDEC (date redacted). Summarized Statement pages 1-15. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2008-05-05.
4. ^ ^{a b} OARDEC (5 October 2004). Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Al Ali, Mahmud Salem Horan Mohammed (published September 2007) page 62. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2008-05-05.
5. ^ ^{a b} OARDEC (6 October 2005). Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Ali, Mahmud Salem Horan Mohammed Mutlak pages 98-101. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2008-05-05.
6. ^ OARDEC (19 June 2006). Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Ali, Mahmud Salem Horan Mohammed Mutlak pages 25-26. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2008-05-05.